Most Important SEO Tips For Blogger Part 2

Must Have SEO Settings for Blogger Blog:

In the first part of our series you learnt how to optimize Title, Labels, Headings and comments of your BlogSpot blog. Today you will learn how to optimize archives and how to setup robot.txt file in blogger blog as well as the some tips regarding Meta Description & Post Search Description.If you have not referenced the first part of our tutorial then kindly read it first:

5.Optimize Archives of Blogger Blog:

Most of the time archives create problem for search engine crawlers because archives URLs as well permalink (Actual URLs) point to same post which cause confusion to search engine crawler. So we have to tell search engines that this is not the actual URL. We need to change some HTML attributes so follow these simple steps:

Login to Blogger

Go to Template >> HTML >> Proceed

Search The Code Given Below

<a class='post-count-link' expr:href='data:i.url'>

Replace the above code with the code given below

<a rel="archives" class='post-count-link' expr:href='data:i.url'>

Save template and that’s done for Archives.

6.Enable Meta Description & Post Search Description:

Description for your blog homepage and for every post is most essential for better SEO. By default this option is disabled in blogger interface So, we will have to enable this option in new blogger interface. So to do this quickly Follow simple steps below:

Login to Blogger

Go To Setting >> Search Preferences >> Meta Tags >> Enable >> Yes

Write maximum of 150 letters meta description

Save

Custom Robots Header Tags Settings:

Below the same setting page find custom robots header tags. set it according to picture given below:

Now you will see a small box named [search description] next to every new post side bar, so you can write 130 to 150 characters unique search description for every individual post. This should be unique from the post title.

7.Changing Static Meta Description:

By default in older blogger templates or in some third party blogger templates there is old static meta description code. So to make things correct we need to change the old code with the new one. Follow simple steps given below:

Login to Blogger

Go to Template >> HTML >> Proceed

Paste below code just after <head> tag

<b:if cond='data:blog.metaDescription != &quot;&quot;'>

<meta expr:content='data:blog.metaDescription' name='description'/>

</b:if>

Save template and that’s done for Meta Description

Adding a Custom Robot.txt file in Blogger:

Please Carefully use this option because it can destroy your blog’s ranking in seconds. While, the correct usage of this option is beneficial for your blog. So, if you can’t use it correctly then don’t use it. To add a Custom Robot.txt file to your blog’s template just follow these steps:

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Assalam-0-Alikum Brother & thanks for this info i have a question what would u prefer Blogger or world press & Why it is necessary to add domain name to blogger why we cant user only blogspot.com Thanks http://itfreeks.blogspot.com

Hi there! I realize this is sort of off-topic however I needed to ask.
Does building a well-established website such as yours
require a massive amount work? I am brand new to writing a blog but
I do write in my journal everyday. I'd like to start a blog so I can share my
experience and views online. Please let me know if
you have any ideas or tips for brand new aspiring bloggers.
Thankyou!